Authors: George Galdorisi

Description: General Bob Underwood is en route to Syria when a rocket-propelled grenade strikes the side of his Humvee and the heavily armored convoy comes under attack. His bodyguard is brutally murdered, and Underwood himself is kidnapped. Hours later, the president and top officials watch in horror from the Oval Office as the general is viciously beheaded by an ISIS leader—broadcast live on the Al Jazeera television network. The world is stunned by the bloody scene, but even more so that this supposedly loose-knit terrorist organization was able to orchestrate a lethal attack on the world’s most powerful military. American forces goes into high gear on land and sea to retaliate. But when the ISIS leader's son is killed in an American bombing raid, his rage knows no bounds, and he determines to wreak vengeance on the American homeland itself. Now it’s up to Op-Center to assemble its strike force, domestic and abroad, to stay one step ahead of a ruthless enemy—while the fate of the world hangs in the balance...

Langue: en

Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin

Categories: Fiction

Authors: Gregory Fontenot

Description: This fast-paced and compelling read closes a significant gap in the historiography of the late Cold War U.S. Army and is crucial for understanding the current situation in the Middle East. From the author's introduction: “My purpose is a narrative history of the 1st Infantry Division from 1970 through the Operation Desert Storm celebration held 4th of July 1991. This story is an account of the revolutionary changes in the late Cold War. The Army that overran Saddam Hussein’s Legions in four days was the product of important changes stimulated both by social changes and institutional reform. The 1st Infantry Division reflected benefits of those changes, despite its low priority for troops and material. The Division was not an elite formation, but rather excelled in the context of the Army as an institution.” This book begins with a preface by Gordon R. Sullivan, General, USA, Retired. In twelve chapters, author Gregory Fontenot explains the history of the 1st infantry Division from 1970 to 1991. In doing so, his fast-paced narrative includes elements to expand the knowledge of non-military readers. These elements include a glossary, a key to abbreviations, maps, nearly two dozen photographs, and thorough bibliography. The First infantry Division and the U.S. Army Transformed: Road to Victory in Desert Storm is published with support from the First Division Museum at Cantigny.

Langue: en

Publisher: University of Missouri Press

Categories: History

Authors: Wayne Madsen

Description: A recent history, from the archives of WayneMadsenReport.com, of the super-secret National Security Agency from an insider's vantage point. The history begins prior to the 9/11 attack and continues to the present. NSA's government payroll Internet commentators are already attacking this book and its author. The NSA clearly doesn't want anyone to read this book.

Langue: en

Publisher: Lulu.com

Categories: History

Authors: Tom Clancy ,Jeff Rovin ,Steve Pieczenik

Description: The second volume in the bestselling series of high-tech, high-action thrillers created by Tom Clancy and Steve Pieczenik - repackaged in a stunning new-look cover. In Tom Clancy's Op-Centre, bestselling author Tom Clancy and Steve Pieczenik, novelist and former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, have created an astonishingly popular thriller series, which has already sold over 1 million HarperCollins paperbacks. Now the first three volumes are being repackaged to coincide with the publication of the latest volume in the series, Acts of War. In this second volume, the new President of Russia is trying to create a new democratic regime. But there are strong elements within the country that are trying to stop him: the ruthless Russian Mafia, the right-wing nationalists and those nefarious forces that will do whatever it takes to return Russia to the days of the Czar. The Op-Centre team begins a race against the clock and against the hardliners. Their task is made even more difficult by the discovery of a Russian counterpart... but this one's controlled by those same repressive hardliners.

Langue: en

Publisher: HarperCollins UK

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Categories: Armored vehicles, Military

Authors: Karen Wiesner

Description: Flexible and customizable, this revolutionary system can be modified to fit any writer's approach and style.

Langue: en

Publisher: Writer's Digest Books

Categories: Education

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Categories: American literature

Authors: C. Edward Wall

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Authors: Darrel D. Whitcomb

Description: Budgetary, political, and organizational changes left the USAF unprepared for the combat search and rescue (CSAR) mission going into Desert Storm. Colonel Whitcomb relates his and others2 experiences from CSAR in Southeast Asia and examines the organization that was established to provide CSAR services in the Iraq-Kuwait theater of operations. He traces each incident from beginning to end along with the tactical and sometimes strategic implications. Scores of interviews, e-mails, and published works provide a compendium of lessons learned and recommendations gleaned from those who flew the missions and made the decisions in Iraq.

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Categories: Dutch literature

Authors: Tom Clancy ,Steve R. Pieczenik

Description: Julio Cortez has left the Net Force Explorers to move with his family to a new home. But when he and his family are held hostage, the team has to convince the world that Julio's in danger. And if no one will listen, they'll do anything to rescue the Cortez family themselves!

Langue: en

Publisher: Berkley

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Categories: Detective and mystery stories

Authors: Thomas K. Adams

Description: Thomas K. Adams critiques the US government's army reform programme. He provides timely coverage of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and the 'generals' revolt' against Rumsfeld. The author has 34 years military experience to back up his arguments.

Langue: en

Publisher: Stanford Security Studies

Categories: History

Authors: John A. Gentry

Description: Lost Promise describes and critiques the Directorate of Intelligence of the Central Intelligence Agency of the analytical arm of the agency. Gentry first describes the DI's historical and avowed mission, and in so doing, he sets a standard for comparison with the troubled operations of the DI since the early 1980s. He proposes an 18-point reform program and helps to lift the fog that surrounds the CIA and which protects it from serious external evaluation. Gentry corrects misunderstandings about CIA analysis and explains how analysis can become biased or "politicized." Lost Promise presents a framework for general intelligence evaluation, using the DI as a case study. ^BContents:^I PART I: CIA's Directorate of Intelligence; The Institution in Practice; How It Got That Way; Implications of Current Practices; Recommendations for Reform; A Primer on Review and Politicization; Lessons of the 1991 Gates Nomination for DCI. PART II: Perception Versus Reality; Explanations, Corrections, and Comments; Toward a Critics' Paradigm; Appendix: CIA Credo; Glossary of Intelligence Acronyms; Figures (including photographs and portraits).

Langue: en

Publisher: University Press of America

Categories: Law

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Description: Voorts een alphabetische lijst van Nederlandsche boeken in België uitgegeven.

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Categories: Television programs

Authors: United States Naval Institute

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Categories: Naval art and science

Authors: United States Naval Institute

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Categories: Naval art and science